“Fabre’s Book of Insects” contains a great French entomologist’s charming essays about insects in real life, mythology and folklore. The book is a retelling of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ translation of Jean-Henri Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques.” The essays were reworked by Mrs. 18 altre parole

A small sketch map of Nottingham’s municipal transport system as seen ina small guidebook "By ‘bus in Nottingham". I’ve dated this to c1936 as there’s no mention in the text or on the map to tramways but several photos in the guide still have trams in view. 69 altre parole

Car 43 on the Metropolitan line, 1912: This electric streetcar belonging to the Toronto and York Radial Railway is pictured on Yonge at Yonge Blvd. Incorporated in 1877, this railway was animal-powered until it converted to electric in 1890. 65 altre parole